Leader comment: A denunciation of Donald Trump — Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can — Waiting for Video... Donald Trump, due to arrive in the UK later today, is a racist, a serial liar, and either a sex abuser …

With May's Government Teetering, Trump Gives It a Shove — LONDON — President Trump put his brand of confrontational and disruptive diplomacy on full display Thursday, unsettling NATO allies with a blustering performance in Brussels and then, in a remarkable breach of protocol …

Things will not be okay — Human beings often choose self-delusion over painful reality, and so in the days and weeks to come, we will hear reassurances that the NATO alliance is in good shape. After all, there have been spats in the past — over the Suez crisis in 1956, Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s …

Ronald's out. Donald's in. — President Trump's trip to Europe is being portrayed by both him and his critics as revolutionary. He tells us that he single-handedly and miraculously got members of NATO to increase their defense spending sharply. His critics claim that he single-handedly wrecked …

‘Very stable’ Trump? European leaders beg to differ — The president's wild shifts in tone left many NATO allies concluding no hidden strategy lies behind his unpredictability. — As a NATO summit he threw into chaos wrapped up Thursday, President Donald Trump cheekily declared himself a “very stable genius.”

Kavanaugh Is a Mentor To Women — I can't think of a better judge for my own daughter's clerkship. — Judge Brett Kavanaugh's jurisprudence will appropriately be dissected in the months ahead. I'd like to speak to a less well-known side of the Supreme Court nominee: his role as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women.

Don't Let Trump Go to War With Iran — Fifteen years after the U.S. entered Iraq, the president is inching us closer to another unnecessary fight. — The decision of the United States to wage war against Iraq in 2003 was one of the worst mistakes our country has ever made. Was Saddam Hussein a brutal dictator?

‘Kiss my you know what’: Schumer hamstrung in SCOTUS fight — The Democratic leader has little sway over the Democrats he needs the most. — Chuck Schumer says he's going to fight Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court with “everything I've got.” To do so, he'll need to get centrist Democrats to hold the line.

Trump is a bully. Brett Kavanaugh will stand up to him. — The Trump administration is not known for its consistency, but some contradictions are too revealing to ignore. — In nominating Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, President Trump has chosen a jurist who is deeply committed to the Bill of Rights and the rule of law.

The Quiet Death of Racial Progress — How can we stop backsliding toward inequality? — Over the past few months, I've been trying to write a comforting column. The thesis was going to be that even though Donald Trump is doing his best to inflame racial division, we are still making gradual progress …